Graham Drury named Corby Town boss, four days after Peterborough Sports sacking
Graham Drury has been named as the new manager at Corby Town.
It will be a second stint in charge at Steel Park for Drury, who led the club to the Southern League Premier Division title in 2009 in his previous spell in the dugout.
Drury replaces Leon Mettam, who was sacked last week, and takes up the role having himself been sacked from the job of Peterborough Sports manager on Sunday.
He was ‘relieved of his duties’ at Sports following their surprise 3-1 FA Cup second qualifying round defeat at AFC Rushden & Diamonds on Saturday.
The top job at Corby Town will be Drury’s fourth managerial role in the past five months, having previously been in charge at Stamford AFC for 10 years.
He left the Daniels at the end of last season to go to Matlock Town, but within two weeks of taking up that job he asked to be released from his contract.
A matter of days later, Drury was unveiled as the new boss at Peterborough Sports, but his reign in charge at PIMS Park lasted just 10 games.
He now returns to take charge of the Steelmen where he enjoyed a very successful spell first time around.
He led Corby Town to the Southern League title in 2009, winning promotion to the Conference North.
The following season he guided Corby to a sixth place at Step 2 – which is the highest league finish in the club’s history.
He then went on to manage Boston United, also at Step 2, before making the move to Stamford, where Drury twice won promotion from Step 4 to Step 3.
Drury will be assisted at Steel Park by Paul Holden, who was part of Mettam’s management team, and took interim charge of the team in their 31 defeat at St Ives Town on Monday night.
A Corby Town club statement read: “Graham’s record brings proven promotion experience to Corby as we work to improve results and pursue our ambition of three promotions in five years.
"Graham will be supported by Paul Holden as assistant manager.
"Their working relationship spans Corby Town, Stamford AFC and Boston United.
"Together, they bring an understanding of each other, of the demands of non-league football and of what it takes to raise standards.”
The Steelmen are without a game this weekend, meaning Drury’s first game in charge will be at Steel Park against Carlton Town next Wednesday (ko 7.45pm).